The Spaniard Rodri, the football player of Manchester City, won the Ballon d’Or 2024. With this, after 2022, a player who had not been awarded the Ballon d’Or won again, then Karim Benzemathe then Real Madrid striker became the best player of the year.
The 28-year-old midfielder was brought up at Atlético Madrid’s academy, but began his career at Villareal, before signing from Atlético to Manchester City in 2019 for a club-record fee of £70 million. He is a regular in his club and in the Spanish national team, with the latter he became European champion this summer and was voted the best player of the tournament.
“The best midfielder in the world right now”
– he said about him, his former coach at City, Pep Guardiola.
In the hours before the 2024 award ceremony, there was even more speculation than usual, as the French sports newspaper, the According to L’Equipe this year there was no preparation for the winner at any level. Unlike previous years, they didn’t take a series of photos with the winner beforehand, didn’t send the prize to the winner’s living room, and didn’t mention the prize to the club. player. So, for the first time in a long time, there was real tension at the awards ceremony held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, as none of the contestants knew if they were sit there as a winner or as a loser.
At the stakes, the Brazilian Vinícius Junior, the Real Madrid player, was the main candidate, followed by Rodri and the Englishman Jude Bellingham. The tension is highlighted by the fact that the Real Madrid delegation arrived at the last minute participation suspended at the awards ceremony, reportedly because they were told that Vinícius Junior won’t get the Ballon d’Or after all. At the same time, the leadership of Real Madrid is highlighted by the fact that three of the first four places – in addition to Vinícius Júnior and Jude Bellingham, the Spaniard Dani Carvajal – are players of the Spanish team, and they also received the award. for the best men’s team and the award for the best men’s coach.
It had already been confirmed that the two most successful players in the history of the Ballon d’Or so far, the eight-time. last year’s winner was Lionel Messi and five-time best player Cristiano Ronaldo it didn’t go in at all into the top 30, the last time this happened was in 2003.
The other awardees:
- Aitana Bonmatí, the Spanish player from Barcelona, won the Women’s Ballon d’Or for the second time in a row.
- FC Barcelona’s women’s team became the women’s team of the year, while Real Madrid won the men’s team.
- England’s Harry Kane and France’s Kylian Mbappè shared the Gerd Müller Award for top goalscorer of the season, both having scored 68 goals.
- Spanish Lamine Yamal he received the Kopa award for the best under-21 player.
- Emiliano Martínez of Argentina received the Lev Yasin Award for the best goalkeeper, making him the first person to receive this award twice in a row.
- The Socrates Award for humanitarian work went to Jennifer Hermoso from Spain.
- The best female coach was Chelsea head coach and American national team captain, England’s Emma Hayes. Among the men, Real Madrid’s Italian Carlo Ancelotti received the Johan Cruyff Award for the best coach.
2024-10-28 21:46:00
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